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m rmkton j jnj . -n XtnritlOVL CMP THE MfJP.flftflPPV BUDDIE < i i i " r p * f i ( W b y M v r j y f > k r o k r ? f r Cos»vT»idu*r-1909 ,by BOSBJ-merrill car-rrwrrv dtifiaav SYNOPSIS. Senator Jcnr. Calhoun is offered the portfolio of secretary of state in Tyler's cabinet. He declares that if he accepts it means that Texas and Oregon must be added to the Union. He plans to leara the Intentions of Kngland with regard to Mexico, through Baroness Von Ritz, se­ cret spy and reputed mistress of the English ambassador, Pakenham. He sends his secretary, Nicholas Trist, to bring the baroness to his apartment. While searching for the baroness' home, a carriage drives up and he is invited to enter. The occupant is the baroness, who says she is being pursued. The pursuers are shaken off. The baroness consents to see Calhoun. Nicholas notes that she has lost a slipper. She gives Nicholas the remaining slipper as a pledge that she will tell Calhoun all, and, as - security, Nicholas gives her ». trinket he intended lor his sweetheart. Elizabeth Churchill. Nicholas ss ordered to leave at once for Montreal on state business, by Calhoun, who has become secretary of state, and plans to be married that night. Tyier warns Paketiham that interference by England in the affairs of this continent will not be tolerated. The west de­ mands that the joint occupancy of Ore­ gon with Great Britain cease, and has raised the cry of "Fifty-four, Forty or Fight." The baroness tells Nicholas she will do her best to prevent his marriage. She returns the trinket and he promises to return her slipper. Nicholas enlists the services of Congressman Pandridge, a rejected suitor of Elizabeth's, to assist in the arrangements for the wedding and entrusts him with the return of the slip­ per to the baroness. The congressman gets drunk and sends the slipper to Eliza­ beth. The wedding is declared off, and Nicholas is ordered from the house by Elizabeth's father. Nicholas is ordered to gain access to a meeting of the Hud­ son Bay directors in Montreal and learn England's intentions regarding Oregon. Nicholas sees the baroness leave the di­ rectors' meeting in Montreal, where he had failed to gain admission. She warns him that his life is in danger and he ac­ cepts an invitation to pass the night at her home. CHAPTER XVI.--Continued. "Yet you spoke (of others who might come here. What others? Who are they? The representatives of Mex­ ico? Some attache of the British embassy at Washington? Some min­ ister from England itself, sent here direct?' v. She smiled at me agaiu. "I told you not to go back to your hotel, did I not?" I got no further jvith her, it seemed. "You interest me sometimes," she vent on slowly, at last, "yet you seem to have so little brain! Now, in your employment, I should think that brain would* be somewhat useful at times." "I do not deny that suggestion, madam." "But you are unable to analyze. Thus, in the matter of yourself. I suppose if you were told of it, you would only say that you forgot to look in the toe of the slipper you had. % "Did you credit the attache of Mex­ ico with being nothing more than a drunken rowdy, to follow me across town with a little shoe in his car­ riage?" "But you said he was in wine." "True. But would that be a rea­ son? Continually you show your lack of brain in accepting as conclusive results which could not possibly have occurred. Granted he was in wine, granted he followed me, granted he had uiy shoe in his possession--what then? Does it follow that at the ball at the White House he could have removed that shoe? Does monsieur think that I, too, was in wine?" "I agree that I have no brain! I cannot guess what you mean. I can only beg ouce more that you explain." "Now listen. In your most youth­ ful and charming innocence I presume you do not know much of the capabil­ ities for concealment offered by a lady's apparel! Now, suppose I had a message--where do you think I could hide it; granted, of course, the conditions obtaining at a ball in the White House?" "Then you did have a message? It came to you there, at that time?" She nodded. "Certainly, Mr. Van Zandt had almost no other opportun­ ity to meet me or get word to me." "Van Zandt! Madam, arfe you in­ deed in the camp of all these different interests? So, what Pakenham said was true! Van Zandt is the attache of Texas. Van Zandt is pleading with Mr. Calhoun that he shall take up the secretaryship. Van Zandt promises us the friendship of Texas if we will stand out for the annexation of Texas. Van Zandt promises us every effort in his power against England. Van Zandt promises us the sternest of fronts against treacherous Mexico. Van Zandt is known to be interested in this fair Dona Lucrezia, just as Polk is. Now, then, comes Van Zandt with his secret message slipped into the hand of madam at the ambassa­ dor's bal!--madam, the friend of Eng­ land! The attache of Mexico is curi­ ous--furious--to know what Texas is saying to England! And that message must be concealed! And madam con­ ceals it in--" She smiled at me, brilliantly. "You come on." she said. "Should your head be opened and analyzed, yes, I think a trace of brain might be discovered by good chemistry." I resumed impatiently. You put his message in your slipper?" She nodded. "Yes," she said, "in the toe of it. There was barely chance to do that. You see, our skirts are full and wide; there are curtains in the east room; there was wine by this time; there was music; so I ef­ fected that much. But when you took the slipper, you took Van Zandt's note! You had it. It was true, what I told Pakenham before the president --I did not then have that note! You had it At least. I thought you had it, till I found it crumpled on the table the next day! It must have fallen there from the shoe when we made our little exchange that night. Ah, you hurried m6. I scarce knew whether I was clad or shod, until the next afternoon--after 1 left you at the White House grounds. So you hastily departed--to your wedding?" "So small a shoe could not have held an extended epistle, madam," 1 •aid, ignoring her question. •*% ; a 1 1 m f till t I *?! tit/ iMIM VihL' 1 2 Then You Think There Is ^ Chance and Engla "No, but the little roll of paper caused me anguish. After 1 had danced 1 was on the point of faint­ ing, I hastened to the cover of the nearest curtain, where I might not be noticed. Senor Yturrio of Mexico was somewhat vigilant. He wished to knew what Texas planned with England. He has long made love to me--by threats, and jewels. As I stood behind the curtain I saw his face, I fled; but one shoe--the empty one--was not well fastened, and it fell. I could not walk. I reached down, removed the other shoe with its note, hid it in my handkerchief-- thank Providence for the fashion of so much lace--and so, not in wine, monsieur, as you may believe, and somewhat anxious, as you may also believe, expecting to hear at once of an encounter between Van Zandt and the Mexican minister. Senor Almonte, or his attache Yturrio, or between one of them and some one else, I made my adieux--I will warrant the only woman in her stocking feet who bowed for Mr. Tyler at the ball that night!" "Yes, so far as I know, madam, you are the only lady who ever left the east room precisely so clad. And so you got into your own carriage-- alone--after awhile? And so, when you were there you put on the shoe which was left? And so Yturrio of Mexico got the other one--and found nothing in it! And so, he wanted this one!" "You come on," she said. "You have something more than a trace of brain." "And that other shoe, which I got thai night? ; Without a word she smoothed out a bit of paper which she removed from a near by desk, and handed it to me. "This was in yours! As I said, in my confusion I supposed you had it." I spread the page upon the cloth be­ fore me; my eyes raced down the lines. I did not make further reply to her. "Madam," went on the communica­ tion, "say to your august friend Sir Richard that we have reached the end of our endurance of these late de­ lays. The promises of the United States mean nothing. We can .trust neither Whig nor Democrat any long- er. There is no one party in power, nor will there be. There are two sec­ tions in America and there is no na­ tion, and Texas knows not where to go. We have offered to Mr. Tyler to join the union if the union will al­ low us to join. We intend to reserve our own lands and reserve the right to organize later into four or more states, if our people shall so desire. But as a great state we will join the union if the union will accept us. That must be seen. "England now beseeches us not to enter the union, but to stand apart, either for independence or for alli­ ance with Mexico and England. The proposition has been made to us to divide into two governments, one free and one slave. England has proposed to us to advance us moneys to pay all our debts if we will agree to this. Settled by bold men from our mother country, the republic, Texas has been averse to this. Bvt -.ow our own mother repudiates us, not once but many t-imes. We get no decision. This then, dear madam, is from Tex­ as to England by your hand, and we know you will carry it safe and secret. We shall accept this proposal of Eng­ land, and avail ourselves of ft»e rich­ ness of her generosity. "If within thirty days action is not taken in Washington for the annexa­ tion of Texas, Texas will never in the history of the world be one «of the United States. Moreover, if the United States shall lose Texas, also they lose Oregon, and all of Oregon. Carry this n^ws--I am persuaded that it will be welcome--to that gentleman whose ear I know you have; and be­ lieve me always, my dear madam, with respect and admiration, yours, for the state of Texas, Van Zandt." I drew a deep breath as I saw this proof of double play on the part of of Trouble Between Our Country nd Out There?" this representative of the republic of the southwest. "They are trailurs!" I exclaimed. "But there must be ac­ tion--something must be done at once. I must not wait; I must go! I must take this, at least, to Mr. Cal­ houn." "Have I been fair with you thus far?" she asked at length. "More than fair. I could not have asked this of you. In an hour I have learned the news of years. But will you not also tell me what is the news from Chateau Ramezay? Then, in­ deed, I could go home feeling I had done very much for my chief." "Monsieur, 1 cannot do so. You will not tell me that other news." "Of what?" "Of your nuptials!" "Madam, I cannot do so. But for you, much as I owe you, I would like to wring your neck. I would like to take your arms in my hands and crush them, unt,il--" "Until what?" Her face was strange. I saw a hand raised to her throat. "Until you told me about Oregon!" said I. 1 saw her arms mov«s--just one in­ stant--her body incline. She gazed at me steadily, somberly. Then her hands fell. "Ah, God! how I hate you both!" she said: "you and her. You were married, after all! Yes, it can be, it can be! A woman may love one man --even though he could give her only a bed of husks! And a man may love a woman, too--one woman. 1 had not known." "Monsieur, adieu!"' she added swift- iy. I beiii. aiiu kissed her nana. '"Madam, an revoir!" "No, adieu! Go!" CHAPTER XVII. A Hunter of Butterflies. I lnvr nun. not because they are men, bu; b«THU*e they arc nol woiiien.--(Jueen Ch nstin.t. There was at that time in Montreal a sort of news room and public ex­ change, which made a place of gen­ eral meeting. It was supplied with newspapers and the like, and kept up by subscriptions of the town mer­ chants--a spacious room made out of the old Methodist chapel on St. Jo­ seph street. 1 knew this for a place of town gossip, and hoped I might hit upon something to aid me in my errand, which was no more than be­ gun, it seemed. Entering the place Bhortly before noon, I made pretense of reading, all the while with an eye and an t r out for anything that might happen. As I stared in pretense at the page before me, I fumbled idly in a pocket, with unthinking hand, and brought out to place before me on the table, an object of which at first 1 was uncon­ scious--the little Indian blanket, clasp. As it ldy before me I felt seized of a sudden hatred for it, and let fall on it a heavy hand. As I did so, I heard a voice at my ear. "Mein Gott, man, do not! You break it, surely." I started at this. I had not heard ahy one approach. I discovered now that the speaker had taken a seat near me at the table, and could not fail to see this object which lay be­ fore me. "I beg pardon," he said, in a broken speech which showed bis foreign birth; "but it iss so beautiful; to break it iss wrong." I pushed the trinket along the table towards him. " Tis of little value," I said, "and is always in the way when I would find anything in my pocket." "But once some one hass made it; once it hass been value. Tell me where you get It?" "North of the Platte, in our west­ ern territories," I said. "I once traded in that country." "You are American?" "Yes." "So," he said thoughtfully. "So. A great country, a very great country. Me, I also live in it." "Indeed?" I said. "In what part?" "It iss five years since 1 cross the Rockies." "You have crossed the Rockies? I envy you." "You meesunderstand me. I live west of them for fivo years. I am now come east." I was afraid my eyes showed my interest; but he went on. "I haf been in the Columbia coun­ try, and in the Willamette country, where most of your Americans are settled. 1 know somewhat of Califor­ nia. Mr. Howard, of the Hudson Bay Company, knows also of the country of California. He said to those Eng­ lish gentlemans at our meeting last night that England should haf some­ thing to offset California 011 the west c^ast; because, though Mexico claims California, the Yankees really rule there, and will rule there yet more. He iss right; but they laughed at him." "Oh, I think little will come of all this talk," I said carelessly. "It is very far, out to Oregon." Yet all the time my heart was leaping. So he had been there, at that very meeting of which I could learn nothing! "You know not what you say. A thousand men came into Oregon la6t year. It iss like one of the great mi­ grations of the peoples of Asia, of Europe. I say to you, it iss a great epoch. There iss a folk-movement such as we haf not seen since the days of the Huns, the Goths, the Van­ dals, since the Cimri movement. It iss an epoch, my friend! It iss fate that iss in it." "So, then, it is a great country?' I asked. "It iss so great, these traders do not wish it known. They wish only that it may be savage; also that their posts and their harems may be undis­ turbed. That iss what they wish. These Scots go wild again, in *he wilderness. They trade and they trav­ el, but it iss not homes they butld. Sir George Simpson wants steel tcxips and not plows west of the Rockies. That iss all!" "They do not speak so of Dr. Mc­ Laughlin," I began tentatively. "My friend, a great man, McLaug\i lin. believe me! But he iss not Mc­ Kay; he Iss not Simpson; he iss noi Behrens; he iss not Colville; he is? not Douglas. And I say to you, as ) learned last night--you see, they asked me also to tell what . I knew of Oregon--I say to you that last night McLaughlin was deposed. He iss in charge no more--so soon as the; can get word to him, he loses his place at Vancouver." "After a lifetime in the service!" 1 commented. "Yess, after a lifetime; and Mc­ Laughlin had brain and heart, too. If England would listen to bam, she would learn sometings. He plants, he plows, he hass gardens and mills and houses and herds. Yess, if they let McLaughlin alone, they would haf a civilization on the Columbia, and not a fur-trading post. Then they could oppose your civilization there. That iss what he preaches. Simpson preaches otherwise. Simpson loses Oregon to England, it may be." "Then you think there is a chance of trouble between our country and England, out there?" (TO UK CONTINUED.) DECIDES, 197 TO, 120, ON IMME­ DIATE CONSIDERATION OF M%ALL Silt. ITS PASSAGE IS PREDICTED Republicans Divide on Vote for Ta­ king Measure Up--Democrats Almost Unanimous in Favor of It. Why He Applauded It was a scientific lecture and ad­ mission was free, but in spite of this the attendance was small. Besides be­ ing few in number, the members of the audience were very sparing in their applause. The lecturer was con­ sequently disheartened. Presently he observed a ragged fel low enter the hall and take a seat near the door. He evidently appre­ ciated the lecturer's remarks, for he had not beea listening five minutes before he commenced to applaud rigorously. His enthusiasm seemed to stimulate the rest of the audience, for from that moment the applause grew frequent and unanimous, and the lecture passed off splendidly. Deeply grateful to his ragged listen­ er, the lecturer accosted him as he was leaving, and exclaimed, warmly: I was delighted to see that you ap preciated my remarks." "Appreciate nothin'!" was the reply "I didn t even know what you was talkin' about. I seed the lecture wa& free, an', as it was cold outside, 1 came in out of the cold. I was just clappin' to warm myself." Return of Ringlets. A return to the 1830 style of dress ing the hair threatens us. At a recent first night a lady in the audience who is noted as a leader of fashion had her hair arranged with three short ringlets on either side oi the head, and her ears entirely hid den. Prettier than this, however, and more generally becoming is the coiffure arranged with a thick strand of hair bound tightly round the head and a huge cluster of Greek curls io the center.--Throne and Country. Washington.--Reciprocity won a signal victory in the house Monday, The house by a vote of 197 to 120 de­ cided to begin Immediate considera­ tion of the McCall bill carrying out the reciprocity agreement. Immediately after the representa­ tives met Mr. McCall of Massachu­ setts called up the reciprocity bill. Objection was made by members of the District of Columbia committee, this being district day on the house calendar. A point of no quorum also was made. To insure a full vote a call of the house wes ordered and sill 8.b86iit££9 | were .summoned to the chamber. The roll call showed an overwhelm- | ing majority for reciprocity. j While the vote to displace the reg* ular order on the house calendar can­ not be accepted as an exact indication on the final vote on the reciprocity bill, it is regarded as being approxi­ mately so. The vote against taking up the measure came almost wholly from the Republican side. The Democrats voted almost solidly for immediate consid­ eration. Some of the Republicans who voted against displacing the regular order are not expected to place themselves on record against reciprocity at a final vote. Mr. McCall will handle the time for debate in favor of the bill and Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania will serve in like capacity for the opposition. STATENEWS DIAZ TROOPS SLAY FAMILY Massacre Aid to Rebels and Seize $1,500,000--Forty Federals Killed In Battle. Galveston, Tex.--Reports of the massacre of an entire family of in- -surrectos in Pueblo, State of Pueblo, Mexico, and seizure of $1,500,000 gold, were brought here Monday on a steamer from Frontera, Mexico. Passengers said that recently the government, upon information that Agulles' Salano, a prominent Pueblo merchant, was acting as a treasurer for insurrectos, sent troops with a machine gun to his house. They took .possession, but found the place ap­ parently deserted. Finally a secret cellar is said to have been discovered where Salano and his family were hiding. All sur­ rendered, whereupon, it is alleged, the troops immediately shot the en­ tire family to death. Search of the premises is said to have revealed more than $1,500,000 in gold and ne­ gotiable securities. Delayed advices received here Mon­ day clear up suspense over results of the fighting between insurrectos and federals around Mulata. Word re­ ceived the middle of last week told of federal reverses in an assault up­ on rebel lines at Mulata. News re­ ceived here says the tide of battle remained the same, with the result that the federals retreated to Ojlnaga, their base of supplies. The insurrec­ tos were unable to check General Luque's retreat. Their supply of am­ munition was exhausted. The federal loss was 40 killed and wounded. The Insurrecto loss was one killed j and wounded in the two days' battle. FLEES FROM DANVILLE QUIZ Alleged Embezzler Says He Will Tell Jury All, Then Suddenly Leaves City. ' Danville, 111--Hardy H. Whitlock, who was indicted for embezzling county funds, returned to Danville in custody of Sheriff Shepard and gave bond. In a statement, Mr. Whitlock said that he had received no sub­ poena. Mr. Whitlock was asked to what ex­ tent he had purchased votes. He de­ clined to answer the question, saying it would all be brought out at his trial and before the grand jury if he was called. Mr. Whitlock suddenly changed his mind about remaining in Danville, and left for Detroit Monday.- The statement Is being freely made on the streets and about the courthouse that Whitlock was urged to return to De­ troit before a subpoena for the grand jury could be Issued for him. Sheriff Shepard and his deputies began Monday serving bench warrants on some of the persons who have be*?n indicted. Seventy-six additional indictments for vote selling were ordered pre­ pared by the jury. Pension Roll Up $50,000,000. Washington.--The senate commit­ tee on pensions voted Monday to re­ port favorably the Sulloway pension bill, which •already has passed the house. It increases the general pen­ sion roll about $50,000,000 a year. The vote was 8 to 3, the minority being McCumber, Gore and Talliaferro. Rain Falls In Kansas. Salina, Kan.--A general rain fell in central and western Kansas Monday. This was the first rain of any conse­ quence tn five months. California Soldiers First Aviators. San Francisco.--The coast artillery corps, National Guard of California, Monday completed arrangements for Eugene Ely, the aviator, to act as In­ structor lor the aviation squad. This Is claimed to be the first aviation squad organised by a militia corps. Woman Who Saw Lafayette Die*. Charlottesville, Va--Mrs. Cornelia D. Burley, who was present when Marquis de Lafayette visited the Uni­ versity of Michigan in 1825, died here Monday at the age of ninety-three. Rockford.--The Illinois Retail Mer- cSants' association adjourned after pledging hearty opposition to the parcpls post proposition. Oscar M. King of Chicago was re-elected treas­ urer. belleville was awarded the con- mention of 1912* Rockford, Feb. IS.--The Illinois Re- tall Merchants' association adjourned HI ier pledging hearty opposiiiuii io the Kankakee.--State's Attorney J. Bert Miller of this city, during the present term of criminal court, has secured nine convictions out of ten cases tried, and each of the defendants was sen­ tenced to the state penitentiary at Joliet. Pekin.--While attempting to cross in front of a Rock Island train at Peo­ ria, Miss Jeanette Cole and Mrs. Ev erett Kunz, both of this city, were se­ riously injured by a train moving io the opposite direction. Du Quoin ---Farmers of Perry county have formed an independent telephone line in this city. Rockford.--i'-he Illinois Retail Mer­ chants' association adjourned after pledging hearty opposition to the par eels post proposition. Oscar M. Kling of Chicago was eiacted president and T. Schmid, also of Chicago, was re electecl treasurer. Belleville was awarded the convention of 1912. Champaign. -- The Illinois State Horticultural society concluded its annual meeting and elected these officers: President, F. D. Voris, Neo- ga; vice-president, J. Mack Tanner, Springfield; secretary, W. B. Lloyd, KInmundy; treasurer, J. W. Stanton, Richview. Chicago, Feb. II.--Burglars who forced entrance to the store of Kahn & Rosenthal, manufacturers of skirts, end stole bolts of cloth valued at 83,000 are being sought by detectives of the Rawson street station. It is believed the men used a wagon in car­ rying away their plunder. The ma­ rauders were not seen in their work, but the police declare they have sev­ eral clews which they will not divulge. Arrests are expected shortly, Virginia.--Albert E. Hlnners, the "Big Injun" of Toto tribe No. 282 of this city, is on the warpath after the office of great chief of the records of the Illinois council, I. O. R. M., the election taking place in April. Mr. Hinners has held all the offices in the gift of the local tribe and 1b eminently well fitted for the post to which he aspires, being a "good Indian" in the broadest meaning of the term. Duquoln.--In attempting to board a rapidly moving Illinois Central freight train, Ernest Dent, ten- year-old son of J. E. Dent, was thrown under the wheels and probably fatally Injured. Both legs were severed and the boy was otherwise Injured. He was a student at the Adventlst school, south of Duquoln. Chicago.--Patrick Carey, thirty-sev­ en years old, a bartender, 3641 South Paulina street, died after shooting himself. The powder burns on his chest and the length of the barrel of the rifle used lead the police to believe that Carey pressed the muzzle of the weapon against his chest, rested the stock on the floor and pulled the trig­ ger with his toes. Both feet were bare when he was found. Jacksonville.--After a search of eight years Hans Toelsdack of Sax­ ony, Germany, found his fiancee, Miss Annie Roedeger, here. The meeting was a sad one, for in the meantime the girl had become blind. She and Toelsdack were orphans and came to America together. They became 111 and while In different hospitals lost track of each other. The couple will be married soon. Sparta. -- Isaac Lawless, twenty years old, fell from a Mobile & Ohio freight train between Sparta and Houston and his head was sev­ ered from his body. The Murphys- boro accommodation train stopped and the remains were picked up and brought to Sparta. Quincy.--When Nicholas Eckel, aged seventy-three years, asked fo r a drink of water in a local saloon, the water which he put in his mouth oozed out of the neck of a large sweater he was wearing and an examination showed that the man's wind pipe had been Bevered in several places. Watseka.--E. W. Powers, superin­ tendent of the public schools of Loda, has been arrested charged with as­ saulting sixteen-year-old Howard Kel­ ly, a pupil in the public schools, who was whipped by Powers. Rock Island.--The Moline Civic Im­ provement commission has passed res­ olutions to the effect that any mer­ ger with Rock Island and other small­ er cities in this vicinity will not be , considered by residents of Moline un- j less the consolidated city be called i Moline. j Bloomington.--Chicago & Alton j shop employes have usJted In a ( demand for an increase in pay and j threaten to strike if their demands I are not complied with. If a strike is J voted, all the Hawley lines will be in- ; volved. | Rock Island --In order to settle defl- , nitely the controversy concerning tha depth at which bodies have been j buried in South Rock Island, where it | is claimed county paupers are buried ; in ten-inch graves, the board of super- j visors will dig up several of the bod- j lea. East St. Louis.--As an instance of the water famine existing in Illinois, Superintendent C. W. 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Peasacola. FIs., P.l Ib0 * O ¥'J 1 '-"up Rf.'er wirnicixic ^ THE HOBBLE SWEETHEART. "What's the matter with htm? Hai be got rheumatism?" "No; the girl he is engaged to wears a hobble skirt, and he got that walk from trying to keep slap with her. Rune on the Bank of England. Even the Bank of England has not been entirely free from runs nor from the necessity of saving itself by strategy. In 1745, for Instance, it was forced to employ agents to present notes, which were paid as slowly as possible in sixpences, the cash being immediately brought in by another door and paid In again, while anxious holders of notes vainly tried to se­ cure attention. In 1826, too, only the accidental discovery of 700,000 Si notes saved the bank from stopping payment.--London Chroniole. No Need to Be Good. A little Shaker Heights girl surpris­ ed u6r parents iiwi week !>/ fuuiiiis to be scared Into being good. 'It's no use telling me Santa Glaus wont come, or that the angels will write tt down In their book if I'm naughty, mamma," she said. "I might as well tell you that they think up In heaven that I'm dead." "But why should they think that, dear?" "Because, I haven't said my prayers for two weeks."--Cleveland Plain Dealer. HEREDITY Can Be Overcome in Casee. The Influence of heredity cannot, course, be successfully disputed, bat It can be minimized or entirely over­ come In some oases by correct food and drink. A Conn, lady says: "Pen* years while I waa A coffee drinker I suffered from bilious at­ tacks of great severity, from which I used to emerge as white as a ghost and very weak. Our family physi­ cian gave me various prescriptions for improving the digestion and stimulgt* ing the liver, which I tried falthfaUy but without perceptible result. "He was acquainted with cay fam­ ily history for several generations back, and once fibvu I rial, si Mm h« said: If yon have Inherited one of those torpid livers you may always suffer more or less from its Inaction. We cant dodge oar inheritance, yoa know.' '1 was not so strong a believer in heredity as he was, however, and, be­ ginning to think for myself, I conclud­ ed to stop drinking coffee, and see what effect that would have. I feared It would be a severe trial to give it up, but when I took Postum and had it well made, tt completely filled my need for a hot beverage and I grew very fond of it 1 have used Postum for three years, using no medicine. During all that time I have had absolutely none of the bilious attacks that I used to suf­ fer from, and I hate been entirely free from the pain and debilitating ef­ fects that used to result from them. "The change Is surely very grsst. and I am compelled to give Postum the exclusive credit for tLM Name given by Postum Co* Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to WaUvtile,- in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Emr f««< the arc tomtr